Foreigners make up one quarter of the U.S. population (U.S. Immigration Statistics). In other words, 81,281,909 people are left struggling to find a community in which they belong. As a result, cliques are created based off similar beliefs and languages. However, there are measures a person can take in order to become accepted into a particular group that they might otherwise not belong in. Manipulating language is one resource that can be used to blend into a desired community.
In the passage from “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” the peaceful and reflective tones illustrate the main character Huck Finn's contrast of life on the shore and the life on the river. Life on shore and life on water both have their different styles of complicated life for Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain uses a very reflective tone throughout the passage when he clearly describes how Huckleberry's life is on the shore and how his life is on water. He also acknowledges how peaceful life seems to Huckleberry Finn when he is away from civilization. The author's diction illustrates the struggles that Huckleberry Finn faces on life on the shore and life on the water.
Since this book contains many racial slurs and violence, people want it banned or censored. Although, Huckleberry Finn should remain how it is because altering it changes the impact of the book, people will still be exposed to these slurs, and it is an opportunity to teach readers. The censored version of Huck Finn replaces the ‘N-word’ with the word ‘slave’. This would be an inaccurate representation because they have a
Huckleberry Finn’s use of racial slurs makes the book seem ignorant and racist, even though the degrading of black people was
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn does a great way of capturing the reality of racism. Many believe that change of fiction is the worst form of censorship. Others argue the fact that replacing the “n-word” with “slave” is still as powerful as using the word and it creates a more respective tone. But is it really? The word is so controversial which many students have different feelings about.
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (“Huck Finn”), written by Mark Twain, readers follow the life of a southern child before the Civil War. Although this book is considered a popular and classic piece of American literature, there is much controversy over the language Twain used. Mark Twain used the normal, everyday vocabulary of people in the Southern Civil War Era. Some consider this novel vulgar and disrespectful due to the continuous use of the word “nigger” and other racial slurs. Due to this, there was books published with the word “nigger” replaced with “slave”.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is one of America’s classics that takes you through the journey of the protagonist, Huckleberry Finn, and his friend and former slave, Jim, down the Mississippi River before the Civil War. Although this classic book contains all the requirements for a great adventure book that always keep you at the edge of your chair, many American schools decide not to teach or even ban the book in its entirety due to one word: the n-word. The n-word was formally used as a derogatory term towards African-American slaves, but in today’s society, the term is used by the descendants of these slaves as a way to call a friend. Throughout the novel, Twain uses the word 219 times, which has caused great controversy
While there are some books that does replace the word with slave some say it should not be. Some say the 219 times the word is used gets in the way of the true diction in the book while others state it brings out the real way people talked back then. Randol Williams’, a co-owner and editor of NewSouth Books, publishers of the sanitized edition of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn that replaces the N-word with the word "slave." Says that it does censor the book. He states that they are not trying to replace Twain’s original view on the book with his use of the “N” word. The revised version is there for anyone who feels uncomfortable about the original book, but still wants to read it.
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” How often do we hear about a literary work that is still causing controversy 131 years later after it had been published. This is the case with Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Today critics and school systems across America are campaigning to remove this classic for the use of one word. “Nigger,” a word so offensive that it is usually called the “N-word.” Even though Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn was written decades after slavery was abolished, the word Nigger was very much still present in America, the novel also portrays blacks as superstitious, and the use of dialect leads to the idea that people, especially blacks were synonymous of ignorance.
Mark Twain's, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a literary work that has such an intense amount of dialect. Twain’s use of dialect , gives readers an overall sense of realism and vividness of the story, “Huckleberry finn”. Since the story contains dialect, a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group, it is quite difficult to understand the characters speech. Due to that we are basically forced to read out loud and even hear how the dialect of the character take over our speech. The dialects in the story, shows the readers the characters attitudes and beliefs, their social class and much more.
(Twain 52). They did not have the same education as us so they did not talk the way we do and don't talk the way we are used to hearing people talk. I also think the schools should teach the old version because back in the day they did not treat colored people fairly. So I think that kids should be able to see how white people treated them and teach the kids not to treat the colored people unfairly, and if they do then that colored kid will get angry. Today we do not have slaves and if you do you would get in big trouble if you get caught, and in the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim is a runaway colored slave.
I'm not normally a fan of dialect, but I tell you, Mark Twain has given a fine example of the right way to do it. He is consistent in the spellings of the different words he uses and shows different ways of speaking for each of the characters. That is, they don't all sound alike. So it feels authentic. I really like that aspect.
Even though only 13% of surveyed Americans believe that the word “slave” should replace “nigger” in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, it still seems to be an extensive debate. Some think that Twain’s language and use of the word “nigger” is unnecessary and inappropriate. It is apparent that the masterpiece should stay in the teaching curriculum because it is apart of our history, it is not offending the “right” people, and the d used leads to a great learning experience. Although the book is fiction, it accurately represents slavery and discrimination.
In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain shows us that racism goes deeper than just the hearts of the slave-owners but into the hearts of everyday citizens, white and blacks alike. Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain shows how common racism is in society by providing characters that are very against blacks at the time. A term is used throughout the novel that is very demeaning to blacks nowadays. The word “nigger” is used and was very common during Mark Twain’s time.
There are certain words that people do not like to hear. Words that are better to be silent. Others prefer a more respectful word when referring to a person. As a class, we recently read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, which is consider to be one of the greatest works in American literature. The use of Twain’s language throughout the book, for some, can be offensive and for others, it can be relatively normal.
